Geari?.



PATENTBD AUG. 20, 1907. G. L. MARTIN.

GEARING.

APPLIGATION FILED um. so. 1901.

GEORGE L. MARTIN, OF CANTON, MISSOURI.

GEARII'" Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled March 30, 1907. Serial No. 365,466.

Patented Aug. 20, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Lewis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gearing; and I do hereby declaro the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to driving mechanism for washing machines; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section through the washing machine. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the Washing machine. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the gearing under the wash tub.

A is the wash-tub which is mounted on legs a.

B is the cover of the tub which is hinged to the tub by hinges b. l I

C is a vertical shaft which is slidable in a hole in the cover B, and which is provided at its lower end with an agitator c of any approved construction.

D is a toothed pinion which is mounted on the shaft C between the cover and a plate d secured to the said cover. The shaft C is preferably square, and the said pinion has a square hole in which the said shaft is slidable. The shaft and pinion `may however be connected in any other approved manner which will enable the pinion to revolve the shaft, and permit thc shaft to slide vertically in the pinion.

E is a toothed rack of any approved construction which engages with the teeth of the said pinion, and which is slidable crosswise of the said shaft in suitable guides e.

F is an operating lever which is pivoted by a pin f to a bracket G which is secured to the Wash-tub. A rod g pivotally connects the said lever with one end of the said rack.

H is a ly-wheel which is journaled on a pin h which projects centrally from the bottom of the wash-tub. A toothed pinion i is secured to the hub of this fly-wheel,

and .I is a toothed wheel which gearsin to the said pinion. The toothed wheel .l is journaled on a pin 7' carried by suitable brackets or supports K which are secured to the tub. A crank-pin lc projects from tlie wheel J', and L is a connecting-rod which is pivotally connected with the lower end portion of the operating lever F and the said crank-pin by universal joints or other suitable connections.

When the operating lever is worked by hand the agitator is oscillated in the tub, and washes the clothes which are placed in the tub. The motion oi the lever rotates the ly-wheel by means of the connecting gearing, so that the action of the agitator is made uniform. The position of the fly-wheel under the tub prevents persons from accidentally coming in contact with it, and makes the tub more accessible.

What I claim is:

1. In mechanism for driving :1 washingr machine, the combination, with a shaft, of a pivoted operating lever, driving devices for oscillating' the said shaft from one end portion of the said lever, a ily-wheel mounted to revolve in a horizontal plane below the said shaft. a' toothed pinion secured to the said fly-wheel, a toothed wheel also mounted to revolve in a horizontal plane and provided with a crankpin and gearing into the s'aid pinion. and a connecting-rod provided with universal joints and arranged between the said crank-pin and the other end portion of i'he said lever.

I. ln mechanism for driving a washing machine, the combination, with a shaft, and a toothed pinion for oscillating the said shaft, of a pivoted operatingr lever working in a substantially vertical plane; a toothed rack operatively connected with the upper end portion of the- .snid lever und gearing inlo the said pinion, a y-wheel mounted to revolve in a horizontal plane below the said pinion and ruck, :i toothed pinion secured to the said ily-wheel. a toothed wheel also mounted to revolv(` in a horizontal plane and provided with a crank-pin and gearing into the last said pinion, and a connecting-rod provided with universal joints and arranged between the said crank-pin and the lower end portion of the said lever.

In testimony whereof I have alixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. MARTIN.

Witnesses C. F. Mam-IN, I. S. Lewis. 

